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From the High Desert

A Cultural History of Art Bell

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July 13, 1998: Exorcisms - Father Malachi Martin

Jul 13, 1998
2h 27m
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Art Bell welcomes Father Malachi Martin, eminent theologian and former Jesuit professor at the Vatican''s Pontifical Biblical Institute, for a sweeping discussion of the Roman Catholic Church''s decline and the reality of demonic possession. Martin describes how the Second Vatican Council fundamentally altered core Catholic doctrines on papal authority, marriage, and religious liberty, leading to widespread apostasy rather than mere schism. He warns that the institutional Church is on a downward slope, with practicing Catholics in Europe reduced to roughly five percent.

The conversation turns to Martin''s book "Windswept House," a faction novel mirroring the career of Cardinal Casaroli and exposing what Martin calls Satanism within portions of the Vatican. He speaks candidly about the murders of three exorcists and acknowledges that his own safety has been in jeopardy for years. Martin confirms he read the Third Secret of Fatima in 1960 and calls it the defining event for the Church''s near future.

Art reads a purported version of the Third Secret on air, and Martin confirms it contains some authentic elements but says the actual text is far more dire. Callers press Martin on free will, guardian angels, and the timeline for coming upheaval. He suggests that within eight years, the world will witness the worst of what the secret foretells.

Key Moments

  1. Apostasy in the Catholic Church: Martin says the Church faces neither schism nor heresy but apostasy - a wholesale stepping away from basic Christian dogma - and that it is now spreading through the laity, not just academics.

  2. Three exorcists murdered, Satanism inside the Vatican: Martin reveals there have been three murders of priests engaged in exorcism - not one - with two unpublicized because investigators found Satanist signs at the scenes, and he affirms there is undoubted Satanism inside the Vatican.

  3. Reading the Third Secret of Fatima in 1960: Martin confirms he was given the Third Secret of Fatima to read one morning in February 1960 under oath of silence, and says publishing it could be the very shock the Church needs.

  4. The actual Third Secret is worse than what was read on air: After Bell reads a leaked version describing plagues and Satan in high places, Martin says the real text is more frightening - its central element is 'awful' and is not even contained in the leaked text.